Our strategy
Our vision, mission and strategic priorities as a world-leading UK research and development facility.
"We are industry's research and development partner. When companies need to make things lighter, stronger, smarter and more sustainable they come to the NCC. With access to 'beyond' state-of-the-art technology and the best composites engineering capabilities in the world, we help our customers solve the most complex engineering challenges of our time."
The National Composites Centre was created as the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Composites Research and Development following the inclusion of this disruptive technology into government industrial strategy. Our task: to be recognised as a world leader in composite technology, accelerating the development and uptake of digital technologies for sustainable composites and growing the market for composites by driving innovation through collaboration and partnerships.
Our vision, mission and strategic priorities as a world-leading UK research and development facility.
Information on our Governance arrangements as a subsidiary of the University of Bristol.
The NCC leadership team has extensive engineering and commercial experience across industry sectors.
An NCC membership gives you access to 'beyond' state-of-the-art technology and the best composites engineering capabilities in the world, as well as expert advice from specialist engineers.
The NCC works proactively with universities across the UK and overseas in a number of ways to pull through fundamental research to industrial applications.
We work closely with partners across the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and wider UK Catapult Network on collaborative projects.
Composites enable our everyday lives – in transport, energy, healthcare, defence, communications and leisure. Lightweight, strong, durable and adaptable, the unique properties of composites help us to design and make better products with less waste that last longer, helping us to address urgent societal challenges of sustainability and net-zero.